Middlesex County News
By TONY GALLOTTO
June 9, 2025
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — One of this community’s busiest Iselin intersections should now be safer for drivers and pedestrians after more than $1 million in safety improvements that Middlesex County has made in partnership with the township. Officials unveiled recently-completed safety measures at the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — One of this community’s busiest Iselin intersections should now be safer for drivers and pedestrians after more than $1 million in safety improvements that Middlesex County has made in partnership with the township. Officials unveiled recently-completed safety measures at the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Visiting hours will be on Wednesday, June 11, for well-respected 30-year police Lt. Richard J. Hardish, who died unexpectedly on Thursday. Hardish was 61. The Woodbridge Police Department announced “heartbreaking news” of Hardish’s untimely death on its Facebook page, followed by ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - With local blood donations down, New Jersey Blood Services has declared an emergency. In order to meet the hospital demand, NJBS has been relying on blood donations from other parts of the country. According to a press release from New Jersey Blood Services, only three percent of ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Visiting hours will be on Wednesday, June 11th, for well-respected 30-year police Lt. Richard J. Hardish, who died unexpectedly on Thursday. Hardish was 61.The Woodbridge Police Department announced “heartbreaking news” of Hardish’s untimely death on its Facebook page, followed by ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - With local blood donations down, New Jersey Blood Services has declared an emergency. In order to meet the hospital demand, NJBS has been relying on blood donations from other parts of the country. According to a press release from New Jersey Blood Services, only three percent of ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park returns this summer to the Stephen J. Capestro Theatre located at Roosevelt Park in Edison, presenting three popular Broadway musicals, including, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rent, and Grease. “These three spectacular shows offer ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — Middlesex County’s Plays-in-the-Park returns this summer to the Stephen J. Capestro Theatre located at Roosevelt Park in Edison, presenting three popular Broadway musicals, including, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rent, and Grease. “These three spectacular shows offer ...
WOODBRIDGE — Visiting hours will be on Wednesday, June 11th, for the well-respected 30-year police Lt. Richard J. Hardish, who died unexpectedly on Thursday. Hardish was 61.The Woodbridge Police Department announced “heartbreaking news” of Hardish’s death on its Facebook page, followed by an ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Visiting hours will be on Wednesday, June 11th, for well-respected 30-year police Lt. Richard J. Hardish, who died unexpectedly on Thursday. Hardish was 61.The Woodbridge Police Department announced “heartbreaking news” of Hardish’s untimely death on its Facebook page, followed by ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The borough Planning Board voted unanimously to reject the latest site plan for the Masjid Sadar (Mosque) and Community Center, on Ernston Road, near the border with Old Bridge.The Planning Board denial came on Wednesday, June 4th, during a public meeting that began with a ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department is looking for a part-time recreation coordinator to assist with planning, organizing and implementing recreational programs and borough events. This is a part-time position of around 20 hours per week with a flexible work schedule. Some evening ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department is looking for a part-time recreation coordinator to assist with planning, organizing and implementing recreational programs and borough events. This is a part-time position of around 20 hours per week with a flexible work schedule. Some evening ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department is looking for a part-time recreation coordinator to assist with planning, organizing and implementing recreational programs and borough events. This is a part-time position of around 20 hours per week with a flexible work schedule. Some evening ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Chief Frank LoSacco of the East Brunswick Police Department has been elected Fourth Vice President of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), positioning him on a path to becoming State President in June 2029.As per the association’s leadership ...
SPOTSWOOD - The Spotswood Recreation Department is looking for a part-time recreation coordinator to assist with planning, organizing and implementing recreational programs and borough events. This is a part-time position of around 20 hours per week with a flexible work schedule. Some evening and ...
MIDDLSEX COUNTY, NJ - Missing last baseball season was a first for John Oranchak—and a last if he has anything to say about it. The Middlesex College sophomore from East Brunswick is expected to soon return to action for the nationally-ranked Colts after suffering a serious shoulder injury while ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Police are seeking the culprits who swiped a multicolored Pride Flag from a pole outside Borough Hall on June 4th, and left it in a heap on the ground in the parking lot.Detectives are scouring parking lot surveillance videos to see who removed the Pride flag between 7 pm and 10 pm ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — It’s the season for bears to meander into New Jersey neighborhoods, and that’s what appears to be happening in some of our local towns. In the past week or so, people in North Brunswick, nearby Franklin Township, Piscataway and South Brunswick have reported multiple bear ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - Twelve-year-old Samantha Zarski lost her battle with cancer on March 13. Sammie, as she was known by her family and friends, had a smile and an energy that could light up a room. On May 21, Zarski would have celebrated her 13th birthday. To remember and celebrate the young girl, who ...
EDISON, NJ - An Edison man has been arrested by Egg Harbor Police for stealing money through a fraudulent tech assistance scam. Davit Chapidze, age 21, from Edison, along with Mahir Patel, age 25, from Somerset, were arrested and charged on Tuesday, May 27.According to police, an Egg Harbor man was ...
EDISON, NJ — Police credit a “good Samaritan” for rescuing an elderly man who crashed his car outside the Route 27 Costco and Pet Smart stores just before 6 am on Tuesday, June 3rd.Charles Parry, 49, from Piscataway, was waiting in line for gas when he saw another driver lose control of his car, ...
TRENTON, NJ — A married couple who own a Sayreville strip club and two employees have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of running a house of prostitution at the Route 35 business and agreed to pay back taxes and undergo state monitoring for five years.Doreen Acciardi, the owner of Club 35 – also ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — For all the glitz and glamour of the pageantry world, it is the chance to have a soapbox for her personal cause that appeals to Asmi Kaushal. The 19-year-old Sayreville woman, who just completed her sophomore year at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was crowned Miss New Jersey ...
TRENTON, NJ — Multiple defendants, including the owner of Sayreville strip club (Club XXXV), pleaded guilty to resolve a case charging misconduct at the club, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), who announced the plea deal ...
TRENTON, NJ — Multiple defendants, including the owner of Club XXXV, a Sayreville strip club, pled guilty to charges of misconduct at the club, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), who announced the plea deal on Tuesday, June ...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NJ — The Middlesex County Office of Health Services is reporting that a raccoon tested positive for rabies in the City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, in the vicinity of Townsend Street and Throop Avenue. This is the third rabid animal reported within Middlesex County for 2025 ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — A Middlesex County grand jury has decided not to hand up criminal charges against an Edison police officer who allegedly used a potentially “deadly, but non-fatal” chokehold to subdue a woman in 2022. Edison police Officer Christopher Siedenburg, hired in October 2020, is off ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick has officially started work on the township's newest park and farm preserve at the site of the former Foerter Farm on Riva Avenue near the Milltown border. Fronted by the remnants of an historic farm on what used to be a country road and is now a main byway, the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - East Brunswick has officially started work on the township's newest park and farm preserve at the site of the former Foerter Farm on Riva Avenue near the Milltown border. Fronted by the remnants of an historic farm on what used to be a country road and is now a main byway, the ...